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Setlist: Bruce Springsteen in Belfast, Ireland 7/20/2013

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The writers of this blog are not music critics, and they don't consider a second (or third, fourth or fifth) mortgage to be a perfectly reasonable course of action to pay for front-row tickets, but despite being a whole lot more middle aged than
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The writers of this blog are not music critics, and they don't consider a second (or third, fourth or fifth) mortgage to be a perfectly reasonable course of action to pay for front-row tickets, but despite being a whole lot more middle aged than they were when they first put \x34Born in the U.S.A.\x34 or \x34The River\x34 down on the turntable, still feels like Bruce has something -- OK, a lot of things -- to say about our country and the way we live our lives, things that not a lot of other artists are saying. And whether he's talking about the knife that can cut this pain from your heart, the house that's waiting for you to walk in or what that flag flying over the courthouse means, he's nailing down feelings that are so universal that they can raise your spirits and break your heart at the same time. Plus, let¹s face it, the man rocks.

Shortly before tonight’s multiple-tour-premiere show in Belfast, two big announcements via ye olde official website: As widely rumored, Bruce & the band will be performing in Santiago, Chile on September 12 – is this perhaps the southernmost-ever site for an E Street show? – and, official confirmation that the previously-announced Rock in Rio appearance on September 21 will be the final show of the Wrecking Ball tour. No word yet on whether there will be additional South American (or elsewhere) dates before Rio, but it sounds like any fans who want to catch just one more show are best advised to start practicing their Spanish and their Brazilian Portuguese!